I organized the majority of my personal collection months ago so fortunately a lot of the foundation is complete. I'm trying out coin roll hunting and learning about specific dates to look for during coin picking. So far I have learned a little bit about the nickels. Eventually I will be left with bartering, or simply buying coins I can't find for my collection.

As to having a goal in all of this, I haven't made it that far. I find it interesting enough as it is learning about coins and developing a collectors mindset.

This is my favorite Morgan because when my father died in 2007 from prostate cancer, I got his small coin collection. In that collection was a very nice 1882-O Morgan. I was born in 1982 and seeing as how I was born in Baton Rouge and NOLA being down the road, the coin had sentimental value to me. Long story short, one of the ladies on the cleaning staff we hired to clean our office, stole the coin off of my desk. I kept it at work to remind me of my father and his lessons of hard work and dedication and the bitch stole it and lied about it. We no longer have a contract with the cleaning service anymore due to this theft and of other office supplies. I never received the coin back so, I went and purchased another one because of what the coin meant to me. Morgan 1882-O [FRONT]:

That's really cool stuff. Sorry to hear about the coin your dad gave you. I hate a thief. Did you buy your bullion before or after silver got so high? Ive got a couple of Morgans in ok at best shape from 1921. I like the collection

quote:Next to impossible to find silver coins today. Bank employees are also coin collectors and several sell on ebay.

So true, when I was a kid, I could still get in my change, Liberty Walking Quarters or Half's, silver coins in general, but today you are almost hard pressed to find a wheat penny. Too many collectors, and let's face it, coins today (after 1964) became 'clad coinage' and will never achieve value of some earlier coins, except for maybe some proofs, and then gold coins. Anyone starting Coin Collecting, I would recommend Jefferson Nickels- even the rarest date is available for a good price (1950D) & you even get to include the silver war nickels. Roosevelt dimes is an option too, which includes a lot of silver years, without any very rare dates that cost a mint (pun intended). Personally, I collect all American coins- Large Cents, Half cents, etc., but Jeff. Nickels & Roos. dimes are the easiest to obtain complete sets without trying to break the bank. It's a fun hobby...

Awesome pics. I'll take note of your story about the Morgan 1882 being stolen. If I get around to it I will post some of my collection, but it wont be til later in the week. I am on the road for a few days for travel

quote:Anyone starting Coin Collecting, I would recommend Jefferson Nickels- even the rarest date is available for a good price (1950D) & you even get to include the silver war nickels.

I completed a box of $100 in nickels yesterday. I will try to get around post the results of what I picked. I got two bags of nickels, one was swap change, and one is nickels I picked. So I will dump that out and recap it. Definitely easy success for finding nickels between 1940 and beyond in that first box.

quote:That's really cool stuff. Sorry to hear about the coin your dad gave you. I hate a thief. Did you buy your bullion before or after silver got so high? Ive got a couple of Morgans in ok at best shape from 1921. I like the collection

I have a lot of 1921 Morgans. There extremly plentiful and easy to find. Plus, although the total mintage of 1921's was 86,730,000 (P Mint 44,690,000-- D Mint 20,345000--- S Mint 21,695,000) you can grab some higher quality Morgans without the sticker shock and high premiums that are attached to earlier Morgans of equal quality.

As far as when I obtained my Bullion, I dont base my purchases around what the spot prices are. I set aside $200 each paycheck on (15th & 30th)and buy what I can with my budgeted allowance.

quote:I know you were not asking me, but I use APMEX.com. Some of the best prices I found and very good with delivery.

Any help is appreciated...

I honestly don't know how purchasing stuff like that works. Everything I have has been given to me, so I've never really had to do it myself. But now that I am going through it, I find myself more and more interested and silver sounds like the best investment currently